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People hold placards to protest against claims made by speakers, discrediting theories of Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein, at the 106th Indian Science Congress in Kolkata, India, January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian scientists have protested about claims made at a local science conference that rubbish the work of some of the world’s

Rudin property management company’s executive vice president and COO, John Gilbert.Courtesy of Rudin It’s common to associate the term “big data” with targeted advertising and invasions of privacy, but for New York City-based commercial real estate management company Rudin, the massive sets of numbers can help save the world. In response to requests from utility

There were a great many long-form technology articles of note in 2018 covering technology trends and companies and individuals who shaped them. Here are ten that caught my eye that i hope you will enjoy. Is the World Getting Better or Worse? A Look at the Numbers TED2018 Harvard psychologist and author, Steven Pinker, analyzes

In this Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, photo, marijuana samples are organized at Cannalysis, a cannabis testing laboratory, in Santa Ana, Calif. Nearly 20 percent of the marijuana and marijuana products tested in California for potency and purity have failed, according to state data provided to The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)ASSOCIATED PRESS At the close

Can just smelling fish being cooked lead to a severe allergic reaction? (Photo: Getty Images)Getty Is this a case of something smelling fishy and then turning out to be an emergency? As the following CBS New York segment relayed, 11-year-old Camron Jean-Pierre, who had a known allergy to fish and a history of asthma, lost consciousness

Every historical period has its “zombie myths” – ideas so ingrained into the popular imagination that they’re almost impossible to kill, ones that rear their ugly heads again and again, as if they’ve returned from the dead. The European Middle Ages have their own myths and so are no different from any other period in this

Is stress objective or subjective? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by James Porter, Author of the book STOP STRESS THIS MINUTE and President of StressStop.com, on Quora: You could make a very good case for why stress is

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin More than 1,100 startups from over 40 different countries will be showcased next week at CES, the world’s largest annual consumer technology trade show, that runs through January 11. Over 4,400 exhibitors and 180,000 visitors are expected to attend. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)Getty CES 2019

This artistic rendering shows the distant view from a theoretical ‘Planet Nine’ or ‘Planet X’ back towards the sun. The planet is thought to be gaseous, but smaller than Uranus and Neptune. Hypothetical lightning lights up the night side.Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC) The history of astronomy has been a history of receding horizons. The invention of

Pikas have interesting vocalizations.Getty Royalty Free Though 2018 has come and gone, it isn’t too late to relish some interesting findings about animals and math from last year. Here are some highlights. To find food, even worms do complicated calculations That’s according to a Nature Communications study published in August 2018. In a news release,

While this year’s JPM healthcare conference promises to be similar to so many in the past – frenetic, overscheduled, gratuitously wet and miserable – one significant difference for me this year is that I’ll be arriving more than eighty pounds lighter than the year before. Especially in the context of New Year’s resolutions, I thought

GettyGetty Do you believe workplace wellness is becoming a staple of the modern workforce? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by David Hauser, Entrepreneur, on Quora: There’s no doubt that a focus on wellness is gaining popularity in

(Reuters) – After studying a space rock some 4 billion miles (6.4 billion km) from Earth, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft set off on a new hunt for moons in the solar system’s most distant edge, searching for clues on our solar family’s creation, scientists said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: An artist’s impression of NASA’s New

GettyGetty What was the most important breakthrough in nanotechnology in 2018? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Nathan Donahue, Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, on Quora: As a young field, one single research endeavor does not encompass the whole

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin In this Wednesday, April 12, 2017 photo, a ghost slave cabin sits in a field near James Madison’s Montpelier, in Montpelier, Va. The cabin is one of several that were partially constructed to show building techniques used in the era. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)ASSOCIATED PRESS Last month

BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese space probe successfully touched down on the far side of the moon on Thursday, China’s space agency said, hailing the event as a historic first and a major achievement for the country’s space program. The Chang’e-4 lunar probe, launched in December, made the “soft landing” at 0226 GMT and transmitted

The sophomoric government shutdown offers the American public an illusion. Sadly, many people are tweeting or uttering statements like “there is no impact of the shutdown” or “so what?” This is because many federal workers are working without pay so that you don’t notice anything. They are still helping land planes, provide weather forecasts, service

Sandra Bullock starred in the Netflix movie ‘Bird Box,’ which, guess what, has now inspired a social media challenge. (Photo by Theo Wargo/WireImage)Getty Can’t see yourself doing something stupid? That seems to have been Netflix’s concern when they sent out the following Tweet about the “Bird Box Challenge,” which has been making its way on social media:

BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese space probe successfully touched down on the far side of the moon on Thursday, state media said, hailing it as an historic first landing there on a mission seen as an important step for China’s space program. FILE PHOTO: A Long March-3B rocket carrying Chang’e 4 lunar probe takes off

Renewable energy has become a viable part of the energy portfolio of many modern delivery services. Options for renewable energy now include solar, hydroelectric, geothermal, wind, biomass, and geothermal. The concept of solar energy is familiar to many people in the public, yet many people still cannot afford to or have the capacity to install